Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights
{{short description|United States-based research center}}
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox organization
|name = Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights
|abbreviation = CGHR
|formation = {{start date and age|2008}}
|type = Research Center
|status = U.S. 501(c)(3) organization
|headquarters = Rutgers University
| location_city = Newark and New Brunswick, NJ
| location_country = United States
|leader_title = Director
|leader_name = Alex Hinton
|website = [https://global.rutgers.edu/cghr]
}}
The Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR) is a non-profit organization established in 2008 and based at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.{{Cite web|url=https://global.rutgers.edu/cghr|title=CGHR|website=Rutgers University|language=en|access-date=2021-06-18}} CGHR examines genocide and mass violence -- as well as their aftermaths and prevention -- through an annual center-wide thematic as well as longer-term projects on global challenges like prevention, bigotry and hate, education and resilience, and Mideast and U.S.-Russian dialogue. In addition, CGHR hosts the UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention. CGHR is led by founder and Director Alexander Hinton{{Cite web|title=Alex Hinton|url=https://sasn.rutgers.edu/about-us/faculty-staff/alex-hinton|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Rutgers SASN|language=en}} and Associate Director Nela Navarro{{Cite web |url=https://sasn.rutgers.edu/about-us/faculty-staff/nela-navarro |title=Nela Navarro |access-date=2021-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032239/http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/center-study-genocide-conflict-resolution-and-human-rights/nela-navarro |archive-date=2014-05-02 |url-status=dead }} and involves the work of a team of visiting scholars, project leaders, affiliated faculty and students, and partners across the United States and the globe.
Mission
According to CGHR's website, the Center's mission "is to understand and prevent genocide and mass atrocity crimes. In doing so, CGHR takes a critical prevention approach. On the one hand, we grapple with critical human rights issues, including the most pressing 21st century challenges that may give rise to genocide, atrocity crimes, and related interventions. On the other hand, we use a critical lens to rethink assumptions and offer alternative ideas and solutions."
Programs
CGHR has a number of research initiatives related to genocide and human rights, including its UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention and projects on U.S.-MidEast Dialogue, Forgotten Genocides, Human Rights Education, Raphael Lemkin, and Truth in the Americas.{{Cite web|title=CGHR Projects|url=https://global.rutgers.edu/cghr-projects|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123212832/https://global.rutgers.edu/cghr-projects|archive-date=January 23, 2022|access-date=2021-06-21}} Most recently, the Center convened the 2019-24 Global Consortium on Bigotry and Hate with eight international partners.{{Cite web|title=Global Consortium|url=https://global.rutgers.edu/cghr-global-consortium|access-date=2022-07-01|website=Rutgers Global|language=en-US}}
Media Coverage
Articles about CGHR have appeared in the local, national, and international media.{{Cite web|title=Rutgers-Newark Embraces Genocide Awareness Month|url=https://rutgersobserver.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/rutgers-newark-embraces-genocide-awareness-month//|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Observer|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Conference on 'Forgotten Genocides' to Be Held at Rutgers|url=https://armenianweekly.com/2011/03/17/forgotten-genocides//|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Armenian Weekly|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Forgotten Rutgers Prof Who Coined 'Genocide' Now Getting His Due|url=https://www.nj.com/opinion/2014/04/the_man_who_named_horror_forgotten_rutgers_prof_coined_genocide_now_getting_his_due.html//|access-date=2022-06-24|website=NJ.com|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Genocide Prevention and Engaged Scholarship|url=https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20131024111311805//|access-date=2022-06-24|website=University World News|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=United Nations, Rutgers University and Documentation Center of Cambodia Discuss Justice for Victims of Khmer Rouge, 11 October|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/note6364.doc.htm//|access-date=2022-06-24|website=United Nations|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Saffron Revolution Talk at Rutgers|url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/saffron-revolution-talk-rutgers//|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Tricycle|language=en-US}}
CGHR-Related Publications
CGHR Rutgers University Press book, “Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights”{{Cite web|title=CGHR book series|url=https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/series/genocide-political-violence-human-rights/list|access-date=2022-06-24|website=RUP Press|language=en-US}}
CGHR e-zine, “The Rutgers Humanist”{{Cite web|title=Rutgers Humanist|url=https://global.rutgers.edu/cghr-publications-humanist/list|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Rutgers Global|language=en-US}}
CGHR e-journal, "Global Voices"
CGHR conference and event-related publications{{Cite web|title=It Can Happen Here|url=https://nyupress.org/9781479808014/it-can-happen-here|access-date=2022-01-17|website=NYU Press|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Rethinking Peace|url=https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786610386/Rethinking-Peace-Discourse-Memory-Translation-and-Dialogue|access-date=2022-06-24|website=RW Press|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America|url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/colonial-genocide-in-indigenous-north-america|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Duke University Press|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Genocide and Mass Violence|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/genocide-and-mass-violence/821234D2CCBD5FD3ACDBBCF185718560|access-date=2022-06-17|website=Cambridge University Press|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Hidden Genocides|url=https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hidden-genocides/9780813561639|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Rutgers University Press|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=The Anthropology of Extinction|url=https://iupress.org/9780253223647/the-anthropology-of-extinction/|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Indiana University Press|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Night of the Khmer Rouge|url=http://d.dccam.org/Publication/Outreach/pdf/Night_of_the_Khmer_Rouge.pdf/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621081239/http://d.dccam.org/Publication/Outreach/pdf/Night_of_the_Khmer_Rouge.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2024|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Paul Robeson Gallery|language=en-US}} {{Cite web|title=Education for Peace|url=https://peacelearner.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/peacesummit3.pdf/|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Peacelearner|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://global.rutgers.edu/cghr}}